Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s bill would tax excess crude prices and use half the proceeds to fund rebates as lawmakers seize on surge profits at major oil firms.

A massive mural in Tehran shows President Trump inside a coffin and carries English and Persian graffiti that reads 'We will kill Trump,' images show.

Letitia James says New York and a bipartisan coalition secured over $29 million from Glenmark after alleged price‑fixing. The funds aim to reimburse patients and state health programs.

Two New York rights groups sued in Manhattan, saying Trump-era sanctions on the ICC chilled advocacy and halted work on Gaza-related submissions.

NYSERDA’s new reports say distributed solar, storage and transmission projects are already shaving millions off peak power costs as the grid braces for rising demand. The agency frames the work as a practical road map for reliability and affordability.

A Media Research Center analysis says Apple News and Google News failed to promote more than 100 negative stories about Graham Platner between November 2025 and May 30, 2026. Platforms deny the claim and say feeds are personalized.

The state Senate passed S4707 to centralize SUNY campus police under one statewide commander; the bill has moved to the Assembly amid union backing and open questions about oversight.

Mayor Mamdani says he'll hand over hundreds of disputed NYC school contracts "in the coming weeks" after Speaker Julie Menin warned she could subpoena the files.

Mahmoud Khalil alleges a coordinated campaign between government officials and private groups to dox, detain and try to deport pro‑Palestinian critics.

Court records show E. Jean Carroll received $5.6M after a judge ordered release following the Supreme Courts refusal to hear Trumps appeal. The payment was disbursed this month.

New York will replace magnetic‑stripe EBT cards with chip-enabled versions starting in early 2027 to curb skimming. Officials expect about two million replacements and urge users to lock cards in ebtEDGE.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he will keep working with Morris Katz even as DSA members call for a boycott over the strategist’s role in the Graham Platner fallout.

Federal strike teams are headed to New York after the Labor Department warned the state was losing roughly $2 million a day to unemployment fraud. Officials say OIG investigators will join workplace fraud squads to freeze funds and speed recoveries.